Texas Gardening: Astilbes in Houston?, 1 by crowellli

crowellli wrote:
We do have a HOA in our neighborhood. I specifically looked for a place that had strong deed restrictions and an active HOA. I saw the value of my last home drop drastically because the association couldn't afford to enforce the deed restrictions and wound up with junk cars in yards, purple houses, weedy yards, etc. We've been in our current house almost 4 years. We bought in an older, established neighborhood and gutted the house and remodelled the inside. I've been working on the yard for about a year. I took out the mandatory ligustrum hedges and replaced them with dwarf oleanders and roses, depending on the location. We deepened the foundation beds, took all the grass out of the back yard and put in raised beds to avoid mowing around the pool. I love my garden. I've designed a few yards for some of my friends and neighbors. I drew mine up to scale with a CAD program before I started, but I've still had to move a few things. Here's one of the beds in the back yard next to the pool. It has LA Iris and Stella daylilies.